Kate is an Academy Award winning actress who is best known for her roles in films such as Sense & Sensibility, Titanic, Finding Neverland and The Reader. She can be seen on the big screen this year in her films The Mountain Between Us and Wonder Wheel. Kate is married to Ned RockNRoll and a mother to one daughter and two sons.

The 20th Anniversary of Titanic

On December 19, 1997 the film Titanic was released in theaters. The story of the 1912 sinking of the ship that had been described as unsinkable.

This was a film Kate felt she needed to be apart of. “I closed the script, wept floods of tears and said, ‘Right, I’ve absolutely got to be a part of this. No two ways about it.'”

And not only did Kate have to do this film but she wanted Leonardo DiCaprio as her Jack. “I was thinking, ‘I’m going to persuade him to do this, because I’m not doing it without him, and that’s all there is to it, I will have him.’ Because he is f*ing brilliant. He’s a f*ing genius, and that was absolutely why.” Kate & Leo’s relationship started with Kate flashing him on set their first day … and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Leo shared, “In a lot of ways, Kate and I have really grown up in this industry together; we’ve been a support mechanism for each other for such a long period of time. We’ve been there for each other and helped guide each other.”

The seven month long shoot was rough. Kate shared her memories of filming, “There were moments of despair when I thought, ‘God, this is so tough, and I’m so tired.’ And, yes, the water was cold. But, y’know, I have to say, at the end of the day I wouldn’t have had that water heated. I said to Jim, ‘Please don’t make that tank hot, because then we can’t really know what it would have felt like.’ I’m a bit of a masochist. I never believe I’ve done my job properly unless I go home feeling that I’ve suffered.”

All that hard work must have been worth it because the film earned $1.8 billion worldwide and was awarded eleven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.

In honor of the twentieth anniversary AMC theaters are showing the film on the big screen. Go here to find a theater and purchase tickets.

MOOMINVALLEY as the voice of Mrs. Fillyjonk
Moomin is a new adaptation of Tove Jansson's loved body of work. The protagonist of the series is Moomintroll, who is curious, kind, sensitive and idealistic. He is a typical hero in a coming-of-age story: he tries to tackle the puzzle of growing up to his true, individualistic self while remaining a beloved part of the family.

WONDER WHEELas Ginny
Four peoples' lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny, an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty, Ginny's rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey, a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina, Humpty's long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father's apartment.

THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US as Alex Martin
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow-covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.

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Golden Hat Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicatedÂ to changing the way people with autism are perceived, by shining a light on their abilities and emphasizing their great potential.

After watching A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism with my daughter, she turned to me and asked, "What if I wasn';t able to tell you I love you, mummy?"

As I thought about what that meant, for a mother not to be able to talk with her own child, I realized that I had to lend my voice to raise awareness of this rapidly increasing disorder. As a mother of two, I thought, how could I not help tell this story of another mother's journey to discover her son; a journey of courage and determination to try to change the world for children with autism.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly on Idris Elba’s home turf in London, the 45-year-old actor — who has three movies coming out before the end of this year (The Mountain Between Us, Thor: Ragnarok, and Molly’s Game) – initially tried to diplomatically hem and haw his way out of the question.

Who is the best actor you’ve ever worked with?

After a long pause, Elba rubbed the salt-and-pepper stubble on his face and finally sighed, “F—, that’s a really hard one.”

It’s designed to be.

“I don’t know what to say, man. I don’t want to offend anyone, but I think it’s a cross between Naomie Harris [with whom he costarred in 2013’s Madela: Long Walk to Freedom] and Kate Winslet [his leading lady in the high-altitude adventure-romance, The Mountain Between Us, which is in theaters now]. Both of them are like pure deliverance in every single take.”

On Winslet, Elba had this to say: “She really comes prepared. When she shows up she’s incredibly well-researched to the point where you’re like, ‘F—, really?!’ She’s like, ‘Did you know that ice doesn’t actually turn that color when it hits this type of water? She’s that rehearsed.” Elba continued, “I’m more instinctual. When you’re filming on a mountain at 10,000 feet and it’s minus-38 degrees, I could care less what color the ice is. It was a real lesson in preparation.”

When Elba finished waxing rhapsodic about Winslet, we moved on the to the next question. But he couldn’t let this one go. “Oh, can I say a third? Ruth Wilson [his costar on the BBC America cop procedural Luther]. She’s definitely on that list. She’s a beast!”

And, if you’re reading this, Jessica Chastain [Elba’s costar in the upcoming Oscar contender, Molly’s Game], fear not. About a half an hour later, Elba returned to the question yet again, saying, “Oh, I have one more. You have to include Jessica. Her performance in both this movie and The Help are bonkers.”

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